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Control Preference and Financial Attributes: Founders as CEOs in Small, Publicly Traded Firms

Lane, William R.; Jameson, Mel - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 3 (1993) 1, pp. 43-62

Existing theories of the firm are silent with respect to cross-sectional differences in performance or characteristics of firms attributable to different types of managers. We hypothesize that the investment, financing and dividend decisions of founders differ systematically from those of...

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Voting and Power in the Small Firm: Alternatives to the One-Share, One-Vote Rule

Goon, Robert; Teall, John L. - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 3 (1994) 2, pp. 127-139

The one-share, one-vote rule applicable to the governance of most business firms provides for proportional voting power which differs substantially from proportional shareholdings of investors. This problem is particularly acute in small firms where several (or many) shareholders may hold...

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Voting and Power in the Small Firm: Alternatives to the One-Share, One-Vote Rule

Goon, Robert; Teall, John L. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 3 (1994) 2, pp. 127-139

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Competing with superstars

Ammann, Manuel; Horsch, Philipp; Oesch, David - 2015

This paper investigates the effect of superstar CEOs on their competitors. Exploiting shocks to CEO status due to …

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Multiple founders and firm value

Chen, En-Te; Gray, Stephen; Nowland, John - In: Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 20 (2012) 3, pp. 398-415

In this paper, we highlight the existence of multi-founder firms, which were founded by multiple individuals (with no … setting to shed further light on the net valuation effects of founder involvement. In particular, multi-founder firms provide …, CEOs and managers in the same firm. Our analysis indicates that multi-founder firms are more valuable than all other types …

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An Agency Perspective of Auditor Change in Small Firms

Keasey, Kevin; Watson, Robert - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 1 (1991) 1, pp. 45-59

This paper uses an agency theory perspective to develop an understanding of the determinants of auditor change for small firms in the United Kingdom. The paper, therefore, extends the existing literature (see Williams [22] and Francis and Wilson [9]) from a consideration of auditor change for...

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Research in Small-Firm Entrepreneurial Finance: A Note on Developing a Paradigm

Petty, J. William - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 1 (1991) 1, pp. 89-90

There is an increased interest in small companies and entrepreneurship among academicians and policy makers. The melting of the cold war and the collapse of the socialist economies of the Soviet bloc, in combination with the interest of the affected countries in imitating some form of...

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Marginal Returns in Small and Large Companies

Anderson, Ronald F.; Newbould, Gerald D. - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 1 (1991) 2, pp. 115-124

Previous studies of large versus small company performance, though frequent, have not produced a clear answer as to whether large companies outperform small companies or vice versa. This article highlights retentions - the fact that different companies have different dividend policies —as a...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Financial Structure of Small and Large Australian Manufacturing Enterprises

Holmes, Scott; Kent, Pam - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 1 (1991) 2, pp. 141-154

The small business literature frequently refers to the concept of a “finance gap” in order to explain differences in the capital structures of small and large firms. However, little evidence, if any, exists to support this “finance gap” explanation. This paper, while canvassing the...

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Capital Structure and Small Growth Firms

Norton, Edgar - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 1 (1991) 2, pp. 161-177

Capital structure choices and preferences in small, rapidly growing corporations are examined. As much of capital structure theory involves variables not easily or practically quantified (e.g., preferences, motivations, agency costs, information asymmetries) a survey was designed in an attempt...

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